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I have an error with apt's cachesize (I have only 10 sources in my sources.list :S) and now I need to change it in apt.conf. The problem is in /etc/apt I only have apt.conf.d which I can't change with a normal text editor, and I don't know how to do that another way. Do I need to change this file and how or do I just make apt.conf myself and add the cachesize line to it?

BTW I found something. It ended up to be in /usr/share/doc/apt/examples so I hope it's more than an example and the actual file that's used. In /etc/apt/apt.conf.d there's only 1 file 70debconf and in /etc/apt only the sources.list

edit it's only an example and kfind and whereis don't find anything else :S how can something work without files lol. Maybe I should try finding it as non-root or it might be hidden? How do I make hidden files visible in kde

My apt is working but I have trouble with the cache size. Now I have to change apt.conf to allow larger cache but the apt.conf file is gone or something.

in /etc/apt i have apt.conf.d and sources.list
in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d I have the file 70debconf

those are all the files.

If I search for apt.conf I only find the example above.

I did find a workaround for the cache problem, just commenting some lines out but a workaround is not a solution. So I'd like to know where the apt.conf file and those otehr files you mentioned that should be in /etc/apt and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d are?

... When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration specified by the APT_CONFIG environment variable (if any) ...

So it seems to me there doesn't need to be a config file unless you want to change something, and since this is the case, maybe you should make your own conf file based on the example configuration. Read `man apt.conf'.